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Does the Rite of Fleshmoulding allow you to exceed the normal limit on Fear?

I was flipping through the Tome of Excess yesterday and I noticed that the Rite of Fleshmoulding can grant Fear (X) to a victim. Now, the rite of flesh moulding states that for every success after ...
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Is unaligned considered to be a "chaos power"?

On page 75 of the black crusade core rulebook it states Checking Alignment Whenever a Heretic earns 10 Corruption Points (in other words, when they hit the thresholds of 10, 20, 30, and ...
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To what alignment belong psychic powers of telepathy, telekinesis and divination?

When purchasing psychic powers from the schools of telepathy, telekinesis and divination, to what alignment are the advancements to be considered? I am considering they are either unaligned or ...
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How much should be revealed to the players when rolling gifts of the gods?

Beginning on the page 290 of black crusade core rulebook is explained the gifts of the gods generation. Whenever a player reaches a certain corruption threshold, how much should be revelead about the ...
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How are Psykers detected/found?

We were playing a Black Crusade roleplaying game (I am the GM), and the discussion came to how the Imperium finds the Psykers hidden within the populace. The Lexicanum wiki states on their info about ...
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What happens when you obtain a skill/talent that you already have?

Currently I GM a Black Crusade group. At character creation, it turned out the common lore a player chose as having obtained from their race was obtained also from their archetype. I ruled that she ...
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Does stun prevent sustain actions?

The stunned action, that can be inflicted with stun action or knockdown action, states that it prevents the execution of actions. Does this include all actions, including free actions to sustain ...
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Why do Necron immortals have movement 5?

Necron immortals are listed with 5 as base movement and I don't understand why: They have only 35 Agility, with Size 5 (Hulking) which gives them +1, but this only gives them 4. I don't see any other ...
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Are the percentile-based Warhammer 40k RPGs suitable for high-level play?

In percentile-based RPGs, there seems to be a fundamental problem with high-level play. Consider this, from any of the Warhammer 40k RPGs, such as Death Watch: My character has 70 WS(weapon skill), ...
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Is it possible to dual wield a pair of two-handed weapons?

I've been looking for a few weeks now, I've read a lot of the book and have tried searching online, but I haven't been able to find anything about wielding two two-handed weapons, one in each hand, or ...
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Can a Space Marine or Chaos Space Marine take off his armour?

In Black Crusade's character generation it's said that the weight of a Chaos Space Marine is 500–1000 kg, depending on the armour. I have always wondered, can a Chaos Space Marine or a Space Marine ...
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What is the quickest way to become a Khorne devoted human?

In Black Crusade, what character progressions do I need to take to be considered a follower of Khorne, as quickly as possible? Assume a non-chaos marine character.
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